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Residents rally behind local mom-and-pop businesses after news of Chipotle coming soon to Ohio City
CLEVELAND — Ohio City is one of the few places where local businesses thrive, but the mom-and-pop motif on West 25th Street is about to change with the arrival of Chipotle.
“It’s disappointing,” said Sean Doyle, operations manager for Ohio City Burrito.
The new Chipotle will be less than a block away from his store, and will take over the space currently occupied by Soho Chicken and Whiskey.
Ohio City Burrito has been in its current location for nearly 16 years.
“You know, we don’t want to see this turn into another legacy village or, you know, a Crocker Park area where it’s just nothing but big box stores,” Doyle said.
Doyle said he welcomes the competition and doesn’t know what effect Chipotle will have on his business yet.
However, he and other business owners in Ohio City are disappointed to see corporate America slowly move in.
“To me, it’s just greedy,” said Maya Iwais, manager of Pizza Whirl. “You’re a big corporation, your food, your restaurant is found all over the place, and you decide to open up in the area where it’s local businesses, family businesses, just trying to make a name for themselves.”
“I think we were all a little disappointed that Ohio City Inc. didn’t keep the small mom-and-pop motif that it had going on here,” Doyle said. “So now it’s really up to the residents to keep it and support the local businesses.”
News 5 contacted Ohio City Inc. but was told they were not ready to make a statement at this time.
Chipotle also did not return our email asking for comment.
“I know we can’t do anything to stop them, but I think it should stay the way it is,” said Nathaniel Bodman, who works the line making pizza and wings at Pizza Whirl.
Bodman said the allure of Ohio City has been about community and friendships—neighbor helping neighbor.
“Like, if somebody’s down on their luck, they’ll be like, ‘Hey, we got this. We have whatever you need,’” Bodman said, “or, if we need some cheese or something, maybe somebody will be able to help if all the stores are closed.”
Feedback from the community has been strong.
“Even when Chipotle opens up, I’m still going to be coming here,” said Anton Keebler, who has been coming to Ohio City Burrito since it opened.
“Well, I mean, it’s delicious, it’s cheap, it’s affordable, it’s local,” Keebler said.
John Wheelan of Westlake told News 5 that he hopes Chipotle will not hurt Ohio City Burrito, but believes it could help the neighborhood.
“I think Ohio City is growing. [I] think it’s thriving. People are moving into the area. It’s a neighborhood of Cleveland that is improving, and that’s exciting,” said Whelan. “I’m excited that, personally, they’re bringing in a Chipotle. I think it will do great business and be good for the people in this neighborhood.”
The owners of Soho Chicken and Whiskey said they’ll be in business until Chipotle is ready to move in. They plan to reopen and stay in Ohio City but are unsure where.
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Tens of thousands of FirstEnergy customers were without power across Northeast Ohio due to severe thunderstorms across the area on Sunday.
As of 11:05 p.m., the following outages were reported by FirstEnergy:
- Cuyahoga: 37,258
- Ashtabula: 9,373
- Lake: 3,733
- Lorain: 2,199
- Geauga: 1,221
Severe Thunderstorms leave widespread damage across Northeast Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A new study from AARP Ohio shows many Ohioans who are caring for aging parents and other adults are struggling financially.
Brian O’Rourke with the Health Policy Institute of Ohio noted that one out four Ohioans identify as family caregivers and most of them are doing the work without pay.
“That’s just additional stress and strain that can just contribute to that overall pressure,” O’Rourke said. “It can take people out of the workforce. And that’s when you look to the next level of, you know, potential stresses on our state economy, if people are leaving the workforce.”
According to the report, 93% of Ohio caregivers have spent their own money to provide care, groceries, housing costs, and medicine. Seven in 10 caregivers also experienced at least one financial hardship, such as taking on more debt or leaving bills unpaid.
“A major reason why there are so many informal family caregivers is that it’s really hard to find and hire like a home health aide,” O’Rourke said. “Ohio is really lagging behind a lot of other states in our home health workforce. We have about nine home health workers per 1000 population.”
O’Rourke shared that family members can get paid through programs like Medicaid, but usually it’s an informal caregiving category many people find themselves in. Nearly two-thirds of caregivers are trying to balance their job and family, and 47% say they are strained. He explained that it’s on policy makers to develop meaningful solutions.
“There is a bipartisan bill in the Ohio house that is essentially working to create a study commission to identify some solutions,” O’Rourke said. “I think anything that can boost, you know, wages and recruitment into the field, I think it really does.”
If you would like to read the full report, click here.
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Powerball
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Evening: 8-4-3
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